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[tamrock]

How research was done long before treasurenet

I picked up this lost treasure book (Lost Mines & Buried Treasures by John D Mitchell) and in it are the dreams of a treasure hunter 57 years ago.

The mans name was Mort Kartus of Denver and You can read in to the idea he had of the Treasure of Escalante not being in the famously know Purgatory canyon of western colorado Colorado Treasure Hunting - Purgatory Canyon Treasure but he had a hunch it was possible the treasure could be in a lesser know Purgatory canyon of eastern colorado.

There is a letter dated Feb 18, 1959 from a then State of Colorado historian Agnes Spring saying they've no records of Escalante in the Pugatory canyon of the Santa Fe trail region. But Agnes did in pen write a little note mentioning "Mexicans living in tiny settlements on the Purgatory traveled up and down from Tao's"

He also has a map pasted in the book of the Santa Fe trail region of 1908 which shows on the map a Purgatory canyon in SE Colorado.

Other paper Mort saves in the book was a letter back from Lost Treasure book author F.L Coffman who he must of wrote about his idea and Coffman pretty much replies his files on Escalante were back in Michigan and could only research it when he returned.


Mort also was maybe looking to purchase a Fisher M-Scope "Explorer as he save the price quote of one back then being $158.50 plus $5.00 tax a total of $163.50. A big investment I would think back in 1959 ??

 

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I picked up this lost treasure book (Lost Mines & Buried Treasures by John D Mitchell) and in it are the dreams of a treasure hunter 57 years ago.

The mans name was Mort Kartus of Denver and You can read in to the idea he had of the Treasure of Escalante not being in the famously know Purgatory canyon of western colorado Colorado Treasure Hunting - Purgatory Canyon Treasure but he had a hunch it was possible the treasure could be in a lesser know Purgatory canyon of eastern colorado.

There is a letter dated Feb 18, 1959 from a then State of Colorado historian Agnes Spring saying they've no records of Escalante in the Pugatory canyon of the Santa Fe trail region. But Agnes did in pen write a little note mentioning "Mexicans living in tiny settlements on the Purgatory traveled up and down from Tao's"

He also has a map pasted in the book of the Santa Fe trail region of 1908 which shows on the map a Purgatory canyon in SE Colorado.

Other paper Mort saves in the book was a letter back from Lost Treasure book author F.L Coffman who he must of wrote about his idea and Coffman pretty much replies his files on Escalante were back in Michigan and could only research it when he returned.


Mort also was maybe looking to purchase a Fisher M-Scope "Explorer as he save the price quote of one back then being $158.50 plus $5.00 tax a total of $163.50. A big investment I would think back in 1959 ??

Actually when you think about it...
$163.50 is like $1,630 today... which is roughly what a top shelf detector starts at.
So...
I guess it is all relative.
But yeah ... lotta dough in 59.

 

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[eyemustdigtreasure]

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MAILMEN, an honorable job, but a MILKMAN...? ...I've heard stories about THEM.....!

 

[wainzoid]

MAILMEN, an honorable job, but a MILKMAN...? ...I've heard stories about THEM.....!

I remember the milkman when I was a kid back in the early 60's. Mom would leave the empty bottles and money on the kitchen table the night before. The milk man came about 5 am. He would come in the house, put the milk in the fridge, make change, and take the empties. Later, we had a cooler(milk box) on the porch that we used. We continued home delivered milk and ice cream until about 10 yrs ago.

 

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[Chadeaux]

MAILMEN, an honorable job, but a MILKMAN...? ...I've heard stories about THEM.....!

My dad was a milkman for 18 years. I used to enjoy going on the truck with him on Saturdays and during the summer. Today, they would put him under the jail ... open sliding door, no seat belt --- actually no seat! I just held on to the yogurt cooler so I wouldn't fall out the door.

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

I think THEY see what WE see here....!

 

[cactusman]

Montezuma's Castle circa 2011

 

[favored papa]

the castle looks the same as it did in the 60s meet place the "well" and the creek coming out of the wall.

 

[PaDirtDigger]

MAILMEN, an honorable job, but a MILKMAN...? ...I've heard stories about THEM.....!

I have a confession... I am the milkmans son..... Hahaa.... I really am! My dad has been a milk man for 43 years... He could retire, but I guess he thinks he will get bored...

 

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[eyemustdigtreasure]

Oops!

 

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[Sherpat]

 

[releventchair]

I remember the milkman when I was a kid back in the early 60's. Mom would leave the empty bottles and money on the kitchen table the night before. The milk man came about 5 am. He would come in the house, put the milk in the fridge, make change, and take the empties. Later, we had a cooler(milk box) on the porch that we used. We continued home delivered milk and ice cream until about 10 yrs ago.

Around the early mid seventies our milk deliveries ceased.
As a youth ,around three years old, the milkman approached me sitting on the porch with our empty bottles and asked what we wanted.
I promptly answered "all chocolate".
We had all chocolate on /in everything a while.
Now that was service!

 

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[CoilyGirl]

That moment when your husband thinks he's hilarious and throws a tomato stem on the ground that looks like a spider.